[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35865-35866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15819]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-19-19BJD; Docket No. CDC-2019-0059]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled ``Monitoring and reporting for 
the Overdose Data to Action Cooperative Agreement.'' This new data 
collection effort is to collect information from grantees funded under 
the Overdose Data to Action (CDC-RFA-CE19-1904) funding opportunity. 
The information collected will be used to monitor the progress on set 
performance activities, and progress towards stated grant objectives.

DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before September 23, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2010-
0059 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments 
to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    Monitoring and reporting for the Overdose Data to Action 
Cooperative Agreement--New--National Center for Injury Prevention and 
Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    This new request for a data collection effort is to collect 
information from grantees funded under the Overdose Data to Action. OMB 
approval is requested for three years for this new collection. Drug 
overdose deaths in the United States increased by 18% per year from 
2014 to 2016. Opioid overdose deaths have increased fivefold from 1999 
to 2016 and in 2017, there were more than 47,000 deaths attributed to 
opioids. The purpose of the Overdose Data to Action funding opportunity 
is to support funded grantees in getting high quality, complete, and 
timely data on opioid prescribing and overdoses, and to use those data 
to inform prevention and response efforts. There are two required 
components of this award, a surveillance component, and a prevention 
component. The intent is to ensure that funded grantees are well 
equipped to do rigorous work under both components.
    The information collected will provide crucial data to CDC for 
program monitoring and budget tracking, to improve timely CDC-recipient 
communications, and to inform technical assistance and guidance 
documents produced by CDC to support program implementation among 
funded grantees. It will also provide CDC with the capacity to respond 
in a timely manner to requests for information about the program from 
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the White House, 
Congress, and other sources.
    Data collection will include 100% of the funded grantee population, 
with no sampling. The data will be analyzed using descriptive, summary 
statistics, and qualitative summary. CDC requests approval for 1,320 
annualized burden hours. There are no costs to the respondents other 
than their time.

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                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per     Total burden
      Type of respondents           Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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Overdose Data to Action funded  Evaluation and                22               1              12             264
 jurisdictions (State--          Performance
 territories--counties and       Measuring Plan
 cities) and their designated    Template--Initi
 delegates.                      al Population.
                                Evaluation and                66               1               4             264
                                 Performance
                                 Measuring Plan
                                 Template--Annua
                                 l reporting.
                                Overdose                      66               1               1              66
                                 Prevention
                                 Capacity
                                 Assessment Tool.
                                Activity                      22               1              20             440
                                 Progress Report
                                 and Work Plan
                                 Tool--Initial
                                 Population.
                                Activity                      66               1               4             264
                                 Progress Report
                                 and Work Plan
                                 Tool--Annual
                                 Reporting.
                                Surveillance                  22               1               1              22
                                 Data
                                 Dissemination
                                 Plan.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,320
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-15819 Filed 7-24-19; 8:45 am]
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